Ashland, WI jobs, layoffs and employers
Jobs in Ashland
- Tribal Institutional Review Board (IRB) Program CoordinatorGreat Lakes Inter-Tribal Council
Employers hiring most in Ashland
- Great Lakes Inter-Tribal Council1 open role
Ashland layoffs
No WARN layoff notices naming Ashland in the last 12 months are on file. WARN covers employers with 100 or more workers, so smaller layoffs are not in it.
Colleges in Ashland
| College | Type | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Northland College | Private nonprofit 4-year | Under 1,000 |
Workforce development and job centers
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Ashland. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.
- Northwest Wisconsin Workforce Investment Board
Ashland, Bayfield, Burnett, Douglas, Iron, Price, Rusk, Sawyer, Taylor, Washburn
Ashland Job Center
Ashland · Affiliate · 715-682-9141
Monday-Wednesday 8:00am- 4:00pm
Ashland County economy
3.6%
unemployment, Aug 2026
3.7% the month before
7,760
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
16,050
people in Ashland County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$57,645
median household income
Source: Census ACS
31%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS
Laid off or looking for work in Ashland?
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See your options after a layoffSources: WARN notices from Wisconsin’s published record; job counts from our live job board, taken from employers’ own career sites; IPEDS for colleges; CareerOneStop for workforce boards and job centers; Census Bureau and BLS for county figures.